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No. 777,446. PATBNTED DEG. 13, 1904.. G. & J. STREHL.

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APPLmAToN FILED MAR. 14. 1904.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 777,446, dated December 13, 190%.

Application sied March 14., 1904.

To all w/wm/ it may concern:

Be it known that we, GUs'rAvE STREHL and JOHN STREHL, citizens of the United States, and residents of La Crosse, in the county of La Crosse, State of Wisconsin, have made a certain new and useful Invention in Wrenches; and we declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the invention, ret'- erence being had to the accompanying drawing's, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure lis a perspective View of the wrench. Fig. 2 is a sectional View oi' the same applied. Fig. 3 is a sectional view partly broken away.

The invention relates to devices 'for turning threaded bushings into their seats; and it consists in the novel construction and combinations of parts, as hereinafter set forth.

In the accompanying' drawings, illustrating the invention, the letter a, designates a strong cylindrical body having' an inner end Z), an outer power end c, a finer thread Z on the inner end, and a coarser thread @near the power end and of smaller diameter than the thread d, said threads being respectively left-hand and right-hand threads. A lock-'flange f is provided back of the thread Z on the body or shank and between the threads CZ and c. This lock-flange f also aids in centering the threaded portion for engagement with the bushing-thread by engagement with the bushingseat in the keg. Engaging the coarser threaded portion is an abutment-nut g, having leverarms t. The power end oi' the body or shank is usually provided with a transverse passage or bearing 7c ior a lever-bar m, and a small screw s in a bearing in the end of the body or shank is designed to serve as a set-screw to hold the lever-bar in position when adjusted.

Bushings oi the character which this wrench is designed to seat have on their outer surface a coarse screw-thread adapted to engage the wood of the barrel or keg, which is provided with a circular opening to receive the same. On its inside surface the bushing is Serial No. 198,089. (No model) provided with a liner thread to engage the thread of the inner bushing-lining, which is used in connection therewith to seat a plug or spigot. The bushing is designed to he ii'orced into its seat from the inside of the keg' outward and is held on the inside oi the keg, while the bearing end of the shank is passed through the opening in the stave and the end engaged therewith. The nut g is usually made slightly tapering at its inner portion,

Vis of larger diameter than the lock-'langef,

and when the inner end o'lI the wrench has been engaged with the bushing this nut is turned quickly up against the inner marginal portion ol the opening in the stave, engaging the same and `forming an abutment stay or bearing. The lever is now turned and the nut becomes an abutment againstA the outer wall of the keg' or barrel, and the inner end of the wrench-body being locked in engagement with the busl'ling the turning ol'f the wrench forcibly turns the bushing into the circular opening' of the stave, which it engages by its coarse outer thread. In this manner the bushing is easily secured in the staveopening in a tight and secure manner.

`Having described the invention, what we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

The bushing-wrench, consisting ot' the Wrench-shank, having' at its end a `line threaded portion of larger diameter than said shank, formed with a centering and lock flange atits back part, and, back o'l' this flanged portion, a reversely-threaded portion, ot' smaller diameter, and coarser pitch, together with an abutment-bearing', of larger diameter' than the lock-:[iange, engaging the reversely-th readed portion of the shank, and having leverarms, substantially as speciiied.

In testimony whereoi'I we al'lix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

GUSTAVE S REI-IL. JOI-IN STREHL. Witnesses: Y

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